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Favorites of 2009

It's been a mostly good year, and I've had some really good times. Here now are some of my favorites of 2009:

Movie - "The Blind Side", followed by "Julie and Julia".

Music - The Fleetwood Mac concert experience.

TV - NCIS, The Closer, and Burn Notice

Books - In non-fiction, the Andrew Jackson biography, "American Lion". In fiction, John Grisham's "The Testament".

Restaurant - For a sit-down experience, The Spaghetti Factory and Rio Grande. Fast food, Crown Burger.

Food Experience - The excursion to the Shooting Star Saloon, and the French cooking class.

New Toy - My 40th birthday Tom Tom GPS, and my IPOD with wireless FM transmitter.

Most Unusual - The astro turf vans on the way back from the Salt Flats.

Best Surprise - The surprise baseball birthday party my family threw for me in June.

New Skill - Kind of baking bread

Most Improved - My golf game

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!nge said…
YAY! I'm glad to see that I'm a part of some of these highlights.

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